Cast Iron Brains - A Podcast with Bob and Abe

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Cast Iron Brains - A Podcast with Bob and Abe

The home of the only officially licensed podcast of the Brain Iron multinational media empire.

  1. 2 HR. AGO

    More Like Super Bowl LIX...ASS! (Cast Iron Balls #38)

    Super Bowl 59 is in the history books and we have no choice but to discuss it, warts and all. Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it by joining the conversation on our Substack or you can send us an email here. Enjoy! Relevant Linkage can be found by visiting https://brainiron.substack.com/, where, if you would like to support this and the other podcasting and blogging endeavors of the Brain Iron dot com media empire, you can also become a paying subscriber. Show RundownOpen — The Tubi 4K Experience9:12 — A very crappy game20:18 — Finding something nice to say about the broadcast, at least33:46 — Wrap-up! The opening and closing themes of Cast Iron Balls were composed by Marc Gillig. For more from Marc, go to tetramermusic.com.

    43 min

  2. 4 DAYS AGO

    Sphere and Walking in Las Vegas (CIB #226)

    Vegas is a super weird place, and we’re here to talk about its strangeness and immensity and how we felt just kinda walking all over the strip. And also there was an awful lot of news that happened in the last couple of weeks, so we reluctantly pick a couple of illustrative stories and chat amiably about them, as is our wont. Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it by joining the conversation on our Substack or you can send us an email here. Enjoy! Show RundownOpen — Vegas Vacation recap!40:40 — Trying to describe the indescribable inside The Sphere1:05:51 — WGAS NewsBag; Air disaster over the Potomac; Trump wants Gaza; Trump wants to close the Department of Education1:56:00 — Wrap-up! Flight Risk; Companion; The Nickel Boys; September 5; Squid Game 2; Homicide: LA; Don’t Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever; Stand By Me; Severance 2 Relevant Linkage can be found by visiting https://brainiron.substack.com/, where, if you would like to support this and the other podcasting and blogging endeavors of the Brain Iron dot com media empire, you can also become a paying subscriber. The opening and closing themes of Cast Iron Balls were composed by Marc Gillig. For more from Marc, go to tetramermusic.com.

    2h 28m

  3. 5 DAYS AGO

    Yankees Fans Know What's In the Box (Cast Iron Balls #37)

    After a couple of weeks away, we’re finally sufficiently recovered from our travels and travel-acquired illnesses to talk about sports and sports-adjacent topics. Lucky for you! We’ve got hoop talk, massage table inappropriateness, poop in the mail, and plenty of other silliness. Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it by joining the conversation on our Substack or you can send us an email here. Enjoy! Show RundownOpen — Explaining our absence, and getting to the bottom of who made Stone Mountain6:23 — Sportsbook or ManCave?9:56 — Luka to the Lakers?!24:05 — Justin Tucker, Massage Enthusiast34:39 — Conference championship weekend45:55 — Wrap-up! Mookie’s Poop Justice; Halftime show preview, Not Like Us indeed Relevant Linkage can be found by visiting https://brainiron.substack.com/, where, if you would like to support this and the other podcasting and blogging endeavors of the Brain Iron dot com media empire, you can also become a paying subscriber. The opening and closing themes of Cast Iron Balls were composed by Marc Gillig. For more from Marc, go to tetramermusic.com.

    1h 2m

  4. JAN 22

    American Grotesquerie (CIB #225)

    The second Trump administration is off, as expected, to a running, chaotic, wacky-waving-inflatable-arm-flailing-tube-man start, and CIB is here to talk about the parts of it that seem particularly egregious so far. But worry not, both-sidesers, because we start with a total condemnation of Joe Biden’s actions on his way out of office. Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it by joining the conversation on our Substack or you can send us an email here. Enjoy! Show RundownOpen — A few minutes of reflection on the recently departed7:48 — Did Trump send Abe back to the office, and news about The Billboard Hot 100 Game14:40 — A second Trump presidency begins with back to back speeches to slightly different audiences37:46 — On Joe Biden’s shameful pardons1:03:30 — On illegitimate executive action and the unconstitutional disgrace of trying to end birthright citizenship1:17:05 — Cabinet appointments and how much of a Nazi is Elon Musk, really?1:38:42 — Wrap-up! The Brutalist; Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Relevant Linkage can be found by visiting https://brainiron.substack.com/, where, if you would like to support this and the other podcasting and blogging endeavors of the Brain Iron dot com media empire, you can also become a paying subscriber. The opening and closing themes of Cast Iron Balls were composed by Marc Gillig. For more from Marc, go to tetramermusic.com.

    2h 2m

  5. JAN 22

    A Natty for anOSU (Cast Iron Balls #36)

    After a thoroughly enjoyable weekend of NFL and college football action, your favorite sports podcast is here to rehash it all. Is Ryan Day STILL who we thought he was, or has winning changed everything? Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it by joining the conversation on our Substack or you can send us an email here. Enjoy! Show RundownOpen — Abe Live Bets the Games! The…hockey games!5:26 — Thoughts on the CFB CFP National Title game23:30 — NFL Divisional Round Playoff recap, CIB Pick ‘em Update42:04 — Wrap-up! Relevant Linkage can be found by visiting https://brainiron.substack.com/, where, if you would like to support this and the other podcasting and blogging endeavors of the Brain Iron dot com media empire, you can also become a paying subscriber. The opening and closing themes of Cast Iron Balls were composed by Marc Gillig. For more from Marc, go to tetramermusic.com.

    48 min

  6. JAN 17

    A Great Year Already (Cast Iron Balls #35)

    We’re back to preview this long football weekend’s playoff action and discuss the sports news of the week. We’ve also got a brand new recurring feature: it’s CIB’s 2025 National Title Game Battle of the Bands, where we determine the winner of the upcoming national title game based on music from the teams’ cities. Be sure to head to the Substack to cast your vote. Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it by joining the conversation on our Substack or you can send us an email here. Enjoy! Show RundownOpen — Abe Live-Bets the Games!4:35 — WGAS NewsBag, Sports Edition!29:19 — 2025 National Title Battle of the Bands: South Bend vs Columbus1:01:37 — CIB Pick ‘em Game and games preview!1:17:43 — Jimmy Carter’s Presidential Lock of the Week1:27:23 — Wrap-up! Eagles fan goes full Eagles fan Relevant Linkage can be found by visiting https://brainiron.substack.com/, where, if you would like to support this and the other podcasting and blogging endeavors of the Brain Iron dot com media empire, you can also become a paying subscriber. The opening and closing themes of Cast Iron Balls were composed by Marc Gillig. For more from Marc, go to tetramermusic.com. The background music for Jimmy Carter’s Presidential Lock of the Week is "Bama Country" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    1h 38m

  7. JAN 15

    Abe, Whimsical Snow Artiste (CIB #224)

    The fires raging in southern California have us feeling a little helpless and a little philosophical and a little hesitant to come to any firm decisions about who ought to be blamed, contrary to seemingly everyone else out there. We further digress about medical assistance in dying and one forgettable new song and one extraordinary old one. Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it by joining the conversation on our Substack or you can send us an email here. Enjoy! Show RundownOpen — Snow in Atlanta!9:00 — LA fires43:50 — Joe Biden’s first newspaper interview in four years53:50 — NOT Philosophy Class with Abe; medically assisted suicide1:12:32 — The Billboard Hot 100 Game1:22:29 — Wrap-up! Den of Thieves 2: Pantera; The Pitt; Cuphead Relevant Linkage can be found by visiting https://brainiron.substack.com/, where, if you would like to support this and the other podcasting and blogging endeavors of the Brain Iron dot com media empire, you can also become a paying subscriber. The opening and closing themes of Cast Iron Balls were composed by Marc Gillig. For more from Marc, go to tetramermusic.com.

    1h 42m

  8. JAN 14

    Greg McElroy is Never Wrong (Cast Iron Balls #34)

    Cast Iron Balls is back with thoughts about the wildly entertaining College Football Playoff semifinal games and the ret of the weekend in sports, and we somehow end up talking about a recurring nightmare about overwhelming guilt around unspeakable crimes you’re not even sure you committed. Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it by joining the conversation on our Substack or you can send us an email here. Enjoy! Show RundownOpen — Abe Live-Bets the Games, and we discuss Vegas slot strats17:51 — CFB semi recaps: Notre Dame vs Penn State42:50 — CFB semi recaps: Ohio State vs Texas1:07:41 — Carson Beck transfers to Miami1:17:40 — Wrap-up! NFL playoff recap, and a quick diversion about a recurring nightmare Relevant Linkage can be found by visiting https://brainiron.substack.com/, where, if you would like to support this and the other podcasting and blogging endeavors of the Brain Iron dot com media empire, you can also become a paying subscriber. The opening and closing themes of Cast Iron Balls were composed by Marc Gillig. For more from Marc, go to tetramermusic.com.

    1h 40m
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